Hi,
Born-again Epic: Armageddon fan here, making my first post in hopes of some assistance! After raiding the attic and spending many nostalgic hours going through my collection, I’ve decide to get back into E:A; however, I don’t want to break the bank on acquiring new figures just yet so I am trying to assemble some feasible army options from what I have. I have tons of Space Marines and Orks, but probably only enough Eldar for a fairly small force at best. The SM army will be a chapter of my own devising, but will conform to the Codex Astartes.
I’ll primarily be playing ‘friendlies’ at home against easy-going opponents, but would like to ensure that the forces I’m putting together are ‘tournament legal’ (for wont of a better term) in case I start going back to gaming clubs and the like. In particular, I want to conform with the ‘Counts As’ rules. My litmus is that I want a reasonable opponent to hear my ‘Counts As’ choices and accept them as logical and obvious; or, if it’s easier to imagine, I want to avoid a reasonable opponent hearing them and saying “…are you kidding me?”. I appreciate this is subjective to some degree, but as mentioned above, I’m effectively a beginner, and looking for advice from players far more experienced in these matters. If you’re reading this, THIS MEANS YOU.
The logistics of putting these armies together is, of course, my headache to own, but I think some of you might be able to help narrow the options down; to this end, I have some questions based on the stuff I’ve catalogued, and have already done what research I can using online resources (primarily the Living Rulebook and NetEA-approved Army Lists, and the galleries at http://www.epicollector.com/ and http://www.miniwars.co.uk – I’ve used images from these sites to make my questions clearer wherever possible). Here goes then…
1. How do you represent ‘Sniper’ upgrades to a Space Marine Scout Unit? What model(s) are added to (or substituted for) the ‘standard’ Scout Unit?
2. (a) Am I right in thinking that Tactical Units are best represented with 4 SMs with Bolters and 1 SM with a Missile Launcher? The illustrations in the rulebook show 4 Bolters and 1 Sergeant (?), but that doesn’t reflect the Unit Datasheet very well. Plus I have hardly any Sergeant (?) figures (a dozen at most)… I was hoping to use them as Captains (i.e. 1 per Company) - (b) Is this acceptable under the ‘Counts As’ rules?
Adriaaaaan!(I know the picture is labelled as such, but I just wanted to check that this guy is, indeed, a 'Sergeant' (rather than a 'Captain'). If so, can anyone tell me what a Captain looks like?)
3. I have a just-opened pack of Commander figures (see link below) – have I labelled them correctly? Can anyone help identify the figures in the red box?
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu317/mzzza/P1010595_zpskbjrtesl.jpg
4. WRT the same image; are the mounted ones on Attack Bikes? They don’t look like all my other Bikes (see image below) but this could just be a ‘version’ issue. If they’re regular Bikes, can I use ‘Counts As’ to declare them as Attack Bikes (as they are clearly distinguishable from my regular Bikes)?
Vroom!5. I have a small number of old-school Commander figures (see image below). Is it acceptable to use these as Captains?
Retro Commanders6. I have 10 Traktor Kannonz (see image below). I assume these are best used as proxies for Big Gunz?
Shooty Shooty!7. I have 8 Banner Boyz (see image below). I presume I can just add these to random Infantry units as I wish?
Golf Sale -->As I have far fewer Eldar than Orks and SMs, my Eldar army will represent a moribund (aren’t they all?) Craftworld down to its very last forces. As such, I’ll be using the minimum amounts of figures per Unit (e.g. 3 infantry per stand). I’ve never fielded Eldar before though, and want to make sure I’m following a reasonable convention for what few figures I have…
8. I have the following Plastic Platforms (see image (a) below). What weapon type do these best represent; Heavy Weapons Platforms or Support Weapon platforms? I also have some (Vibro-Cannon) Support Platforms (see image (b) below), would it be best to nominate the Plastic Platforms as Heavy Weapons Platforms so they are distinct from the Vibro-Cannons?
(a)
(b)
9. I have some Guardian Heavies (see image below). What unit type are these best used to represent? (I can’t find ‘Guardian Heavy’ on any of the Army Lists…)
Dodge This.10. How does one typically represent a Farseer Unit? The Swordwind rulebook shows 1 Farseer and 4 Warlocks, but I don’t own any Warlocks… could I use (e.g.) 1 Farseer with 2 Guardians and a Flagbearer?
11. I have some Swooping Hawk Exarchs (see image below); however, these are the only Exarchs I own – can I only use these to represent Exarch-enhanced Swooping Hawk units? Or could I add one to (e.g.) a Howling Banshee unit? Or would this contravene the ‘Counts As’ rules? It seems a shame that none of my other Eldar units can add an Exarch because I have more SH Exarchs than I could possibly want, but no others...
Count the shells, Suck-a-Duck!Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide – and sorry for the epic (no pun intended) post!
